Matus said he would have preferred the initial estimate, given
the details:

The GDP number – fine, it went up, but the details got
worse. So, in a way, I would have rather had it stay negative and
had the old details that I had before.

The consumption number was revised lower. I never like to see it.
I know it was only a tenth [of a percentage point], but people
were expecting it to go higher.

On a forward-looking basis, though, Matus is optimistic. He told
CNBC regarding where the economy is at now in the first quarter,
"I think we're getting better, and I think the claims
numbers point to that. That's actually the story of the
day."